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Pandemic to Plandemic (by Abdulrahman Al-Duayji)

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Pandemic to Plandemic All of us in 2020 found ourselves going through many unprecedented situations due to the occurrence of the novel virus Covid -19. Many lost their jobs or faced massive financial hits. On the flip side, many made a big and bold fortune and become the new normal leaders. In this article, I am not going to discuss whether what happened was part of a conspiracy theory or not, but I will talk about the main lessons that we should’ve learned in order to mitigate the risk of any future planned or unplanned crises, instead we should make such situations be in our advantage to reach our goals regardless to what is happening in our surroundings. Personally, 2020 was a year of clarity for me, since I found more time to rediscover myself and find my own passion. I spent most of the pandemic days in the UK in a lovely town called Royal Leamington Spa, so I was so fortunate to have many long walks near Leam River and around many parks, greeneries and nature. During my walks, I ...

Contagious Toxicity

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       Have you ever wonder why many times you wake up in the morning very excited and determined to work relentlessly and hit as many targets and goals as possible during the day. And once you reach your workplace, all of a sudden you meet and discuss with a toxic colleague or you see an incident that changes your mood and sucks your energy. If you have gone through such situations you have to know these toxic situations are contagious and you are most likely going to spread these negative energy among your colleagues and coworkers. This highly contagious toxicity might be in the form of complaining, gossip, lack of concentration, unhealthy arguments and debates etc;     As a result of that, the organization would be discredited and known with a bad reputation, the workplace won't be appealing for creative minds and talents, gaps between higher managers and employees will become bigger with time, team spirit would be lost between unnecessary gossip and deb...

Building a Top-notch Team (by Abdulrahman Al-Deijy)

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     Sometimes we look back and ask ourselves whether we have recruited the right resource, why that resource didn't fit within our organizational culture or why resources used to leave the company without participating in realizing any vision or strategical goals. Therefore, this article demystifies the difference between a long term thinker and a short term thinker. Then, an understanding of the best combination of personalities to build the STAR Team is explained. Finally, a discussion of  Tuckman's model would highspot the life cycle that any team would go through.        Long Term Thinkers vs Short Term Thinkers     Before starting the hiring process organizations should know their position by asking themself do we have a long term vision? do we have clear yearly objectives and targets to hit? are we going to be doing the same business after five years? if the answer to these questions is YES then you need a long term thinker. On th...

Managers Tell and Leaders Sell (by Abdulrahman Al-Deijy)

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     Today authors, successful entrepreneurs and academics are stressing on the fact that any employee in a leading position should be a leader instead of being a manager. However, this idea can be criticized since organizations in many cases need more managers than leaders. So, in order to know when the organization need to hire either leaders or managers,  the organization should first be aware of the difference between a manager and a leader. Therefore, the following points have demystified the difference between them: " Managers Tell, Leaders Sell "      First and foremost, managers are considered to be a great reference to know the clear steps and actions to get the job done, but they tend not to mention the reason for performing a specific task. On the other hand, leaders always sell the benefits of why we are doing what we are doing. And by doing that leaders are competent in avoiding project fatigue syndrome in which the team get overwhelm...